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This FAA document, labeled AAL-5 and dated February 4, 1987, gives selected portions of the air traffic control transcripts for Japan Air Lines Flight 1628 on November 18, 1986 (UTC). It records the crew reporting unidentified traffic with navigation and strobe lights near Fort Yukon and Fairbanks. Anchorage Center, Fairbanks approach and military ROCC radar discuss intermittent primary returns. A United flight and a military C-130 are brought in to look, and neither sees any other aircraft.

  • p. 3 …but .•. .n..1628 = Japan Air Lines flight #1628 R15 = Controller position, Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control…
  • p. 5 …sixty one line. Approach. Look at your radar. We got a Japan Air one six two…
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